What do Jean-Paul Belmondo, Colin Firth, and Seattle startup founders have in common?

Marissa Brent-Tookey • Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>What do Jean-Paul Belmondo, Colin Firth, and Seattle startup founders have in common?</h1>
                <h2><p>At one time or another, they've all appreciated Cinema Books, a little shop in the University District specializing in works about film. Unfortunately, according to the Seattle Times, it won't be around much longer. Owner Stephanie Ogle is closing down in the next few weeks because</p></h2>
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            <p>At one time or another, they've all appreciated <a href="http://www.cinemabooks.com/?ref=avalancheghost.one">Cinema Books</a>, a little shop in the University District specializing in works about film. Unfortunately, <a href="http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/cinema-books-to-close-its-doors-on-roosevelt-after-31-years/?ref=avalancheghost.one">according to the Seattle Times</a>, it won't be around much longer. Owner Stephanie Ogle is closing down in the next few weeks because of a slow decline in business. Ogle is now trying to find "a really good home" for as many of her books as possible, selling them at 75 percent off. Eric Ames, a UW professor, likens Cinema Books to a fantastical tent you'd see in a cartoon that "looks tiny, and then you go inside and there’s this whole world that opens up to you inside of it.”</p><p>Cinema Books is located at 4753 Roosevelt Way N.E. in Seattle. It's open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Saturday — for now.</p>
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At one time or another, they've all appreciated Cinema Books, a little shop in the University District specializing in works about film. Unfortunately, according to the Seattle Times, it won't be around much longer. Owner Stephanie Ogle is closing down in the next few weeks because of a slow decline in business. Ogle is now trying to find "a really good home" for as many of her books as possible, selling them at 75 percent off. Eric Ames, a UW professor, likens Cinema Books to a fantastical tent you'd see in a cartoon that "looks tiny, and then you go inside and there’s this whole world that opens up to you inside of it.”

Cinema Books is located at 4753 Roosevelt Way N.E. in Seattle. It's open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Saturday — for now.

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By Marissa Brent-Tookey

Marissa Brent-Tookey is an editorial intern at Crosscut. She holds a B.A. in French from Seattle University and now studies film production at Shoreline Community College. In addition to crewing a doz